Plants vs. Zombies 2 Gets Dark Ages Update on iOS and Android

The zombies are going medieval, literally. EA has just rolled out a huge Dark Ages update to Plants vs. Zombies 2 that adds a whole new world and more zombies to slay. As with all the other additions, this one comes free of charge with EA hoping that you'll plunk down some cash on in-app purchases.

The zombies are going medieval, literally. EA has just rolled out a huge Dark Ages update to Plants vs. Zombies 2 that adds a whole new world and more zombies to slay. As with all the other additions, this one comes free of charge with EA hoping that you'll plunk down some cash on in-app purchases.

For veterans of the PvZ games, this will be old hat, but here's the gist of the gameplay: Plants vs. Zombies 2 is a lane-based tower defense game where you use various plants to attack and kill the zombies before they can break through the lines and eat your brain. Most of the levels have sunlight falling from the sky that you can combine with sun produced by your sunflowers to buy more plants, but not so in the Dark Ages add-on. These are night levels. Spooky!

Night levels in Plants vs Zombies 2 rely on a different assortment of plants than the daytime levels do. Because there is less sunlight to go around, you're not going to have great success using the more expensive plants. That's why there are special mushrooms and other nighttime plants better suited to the dark.

Being a medieval-themed levels, the zombies are dressed in period-appropriate garb with period-appropriate jokes. This game has long since abandoned the tiered map layout, so you don't have to worry about unlocking gates or missing levels because you don't want to spend more cash.

The update is live on both Android and iOS, so hit your app store of choice and mash the update button.

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